Brain Research & Doodle Notes

Minds In Bloom

🍎  I am always looking for new and different ways to engage my students in the Math curriculum.  Brain based research and Growth Mind Set has been a focus of my professional development in the past couple years.

Making Math Lessons More Engaging lists five ways to engage students in lessons.  

1. Tell a Story
2. Open with a Hook
3. Emphasize Your Main Points
4. Choose Images over Words
5. Address the “Why”

Two great sites Brain-Based Doodle Notes and Math Giraffe have an incredible amount of research and resources for using Doodle Notes in the classroom.

Doodle Notes meet all five points listed in Knewton's blog.  Doodle Notes enable students to understand the "why" of the lesson hooking the students while telling a story about the concept, emphasizing main points and include student created or teacher provided images.

Last year I used a couple of the resources from Math Giraffe modifying the content to meet my curricular needs.  My students loved them.  This year I plan to incorporate Doodle Notes into every unit as I create (and post) my own Doodle Notes that are specific to my curriculum.